Worshippers shot at outside cleric’s home

News / 28 May 2012, 09:17am

SAPA

Kano - Gunmen opened fire on Muslim worshippers outside the home of a controversial cleric in Nigeria on Sunday, killing at least one person and wounding others.

The attack in the north-eastern city of Potiskum occurred outside the cleric’s home, where he leads prayers on Sunday evenings, but it was not clear whether he was there at the time of the shooting. Residents said he was present and unharmed, but the military said he was out of town.

The cleric is known to be critical of Islamist group Boko Haram, but has also criticised a military task force in the area over a recent attack that destroyed the city’s cattle market and left at least 34 people dead.